‘60 Minutes’ story shelved by Bari Weiss streamed in Canada — Newsweek offers link to episode

A screenshot from a Global TV video shows the beginning of a “60 Minutes” segment about El Salvador's CECOT prison. The report was postponed by CBS but briefly appeared on Global's website and app on Monday. (“60 Minutes”/Global Television)
A screenshot from a Global TV video shows the beginning of a “60 Minutes” segment about El Salvador's CECOT prison. The report was postponed by CBS but briefly appeared on Global's website and app on Monday. (“60 Minutes”/Global Television)
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CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss decided to shelve a planned “60 Minutes” story titled “Inside CECOT,” creating an uproar inside CBS, but the report has reached a worldwide audience anyway.

On Monday, some Canadian viewers noticed that the pre-planned “60 Minutes” episode was published on a streaming platform owned by Global TV, the network that has the rights to “60 Minutes” in Canada.

The preplanned episode led with correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi’s story — the one that Weiss stopped from airing in the U.S. because she said it was “not ready.”

Several Canadian viewers shared clips and summaries of the story on social media, and within hours, the videos went viral on platforms like Reddit and Bluesky.

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